bulbul 8/03/2010 15:13
ID please ???
photo taken at NSE
- pale colored breast w/ black patches mainly on upper breast
- tail does not move up & down
- brown head top, back & tail with "typical" pattern on both wings
- quiet
- clear long white line on top of the eye & lower cheek which makes a triangular deep brown patern on the cheek
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HFCheung 8/03/2010 18:28
Looks like a Bunting. This time of the year, Black-faced Bunting and Little Bunting are more common.
HF Cheung
ajohn 9/03/2010 10:00
Certainly a bunting. It looks like female Black-faced to me.
bulbul 9/03/2010 12:28
Dear HF Cheung, ajohn chings,
Will it be a "白眉鵐 Tristram's Bunting" 3551a50445 ?
Tks for furhter adv
Bulbul
ajohn 9/03/2010 13:23
It doesn't look like a Tristram's, which I would expect to look more rufous around the body and darker around the face. It's not the best photo to show the face, underparts or tail but looks to be yellow underneath, with a reasonably pronounced face pattern. Like I said in the previous message, I think it's probably a female Black-faced.
I'm not sure where you mean by "NSE" - in most places in HK, Black-faced is the commonest bunting at this time of year. Tristram's is more or less confined to woodland/forest.
bulbul 9/03/2010 14:03
pls forgive my typing error, s/b "NSW"3551875328cc445 . The bird is found on a death tree trunk among mangrove forest alongside of the KAM TIN RIVER.
Anyway, your clear elaboration about different species of bunting duly noted. As a new bird watcher, all these are valued info. for ID in the future & I'm really excited to take my 1st photo about bunting (Black-faced Bunting this time)3551em012445 .
Again, thank you very much to both chings35513473749b445 !